Bursting at the Seams
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The Aztec empire was large, but it was also showing signs of strain when the Spanish arrived. Many tribes wanted an end to costly tributes, and the Spaniards encouraged these disputes in order to topple the Aztec empire. Unlike the Incans and the Mayans, the Aztecs submitted relatively peacefully to Spanish rule.